"Adaptation" or "Appropriation": Re-narrating the Victorian Past as an Ethical Decision

Narrating the past: virtual environments and narrative

This paper explores how traditional narrative language used in film and theatre can be adapted to create interactivity and a greater sense of presence in the virtual heritage environment. It focuses on the fundamental principles of narrative required to create immersion and presence and investigates methods of embedding intangible social histories into these environments. These issues are explo...

MARTYNA KOBUS MICHAŁ KRAWCZYK Piracy as an ethical decision

Re: Ethical studies, ethical publication.

I was pleased to see that Occupational Medicine thought it appropriate to publish an editorial on ethical publication [1]. It is important that the ethics of research and publication remain in the consciousness of occupational physicians. This is particularly so where they are actively involved in occupational medicine research and therefore the ethical treatment of workers who participate in s...

The Possibility of a Christian Appropriation of Aristotle’s Ethical Philosophy

istorically, the Christian tradition has heavily relied on Aristotle’s ethical philosophy to provide a conceptual basis for the articulation of its own ethical doctrines, but Aristotle’s concepts are coming up less and less frequently in contemporary ethical debates. The Roman Catholic Church, however, continues to be characterized by their reliance on Aristotelian formulations of theological d...

The ethical beliefs and behaviours of Victorian fitness professionals.

A survey based on those employed by Petitpas, Brewer, Rivera, and Van Raalte (1994), Pope, Tabachnick, and Keith-Spiegel (1987), Pope and Vetter (1992), and Tabachnick, Keith-Spiegel, and Pope (1991) was used to investigate the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Victorian fitness professionals. Although there is evidence that Victorian fitness professionals are knowledgeable about some general e...